“The head” of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that the Ukrainian military struck the drilling platforms of “Black Sea -Seaftegaz”, as a result of which there are victims. It is reported by “Medusa”.
“Five people were saved, three of them are injured. The searches of the rest are ongoing,” Aksenov wrote in his telegram channel.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation involved patrol ships and aircraft in the search and rescue operation, added Aksenov, not becoming to clarify any other details of the incident.
The Ukrainian side of the statement on the strike on drilling platforms in the Black Sea has not yet commented on in any way.
GUP “Chernomorskneftegaz” was created in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea. The company obeys the “Ministry of Fuel and Energy” of Crimea. At the Black and the Azov Seas Watch, as well as on the land of the Crimean Peninsula, Chernomorneftegaz develops nine deposits: two gas condensate, six gas and one oil, according to the enterprise’s website.